On this day in 1898, Norris Wright Cuney, politician, died in San Antonio. Born to a white planter father, Philip Minor Cuney, and a slave mother, Adeline Stuart, in 1846 near Hempstead, Texas, Cuney...(Read More)

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TURKEY CREEK (WISE COUNTY)

TURKEY CREEK (Wise County). Turkey Creek rises five miles north of Bridgeport in western Wise County (at 33°15' N, 97°47' W) and runs south for nine miles, through Bridgeport, to its mouth on the West Fork of the Trinity River (at 33°12' N, 97°45' W). The stream traverses a portion of the Cross Timbers region of the county, characterized by rolling hills and native pecan trees. The watershed supports both native and improved grasses.

B. Jane England

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